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Date:      Thu, 29 Oct 2020 18:39:05 +0000 (UTC)
From:      =?UTF-8?Q?Fernando_Apestegu=c3=ada?= <fernape@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r367143 - head/usr.bin/fold
Message-ID:  <202010291839.09TId5WY040821@repo.freebsd.org>

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Author: fernape (ports committer)
Date: Thu Oct 29 18:39:04 2020
New Revision: 367143
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/367143

Log:
  fold(1): Add EXAMPLES section
  
  A couple of examples covering -s and -w flags.
  
  Approved by:	manpages (bcr@)
  Differential Revision:		https://reviews.freebsd.org/D26948

Modified:
  head/usr.bin/fold/fold.1

Modified: head/usr.bin/fold/fold.1
==============================================================================
--- head/usr.bin/fold/fold.1	Thu Oct 29 18:37:20 2020	(r367142)
+++ head/usr.bin/fold/fold.1	Thu Oct 29 18:39:04 2020	(r367143)
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 .\"	@(#)fold.1	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd June 6, 2015
+.Dd October 29, 2020
 .Dt FOLD 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -76,6 +76,22 @@ environment variables affect the execution of
 .Nm
 as described in
 .Xr environ 7 .
+.Sh EXAMPLES
+Fold text in standard input with a width of 20 columns:
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+$ echo "I am smart enough to know that I am dumb" | fold -w 15
+I am smart enou
+gh to know that
+ I am dumb
+.Ed
+.Pp
+Same as above but breaking lines after the last blank character:
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+$ echo "I am smart enough to know that I am dumb" | fold -s -w 15
+I am smart
+enough to know
+that I am dumb
+.Ed
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr expand 1 ,
 .Xr fmt 1



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